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Shop Circle

One Kingdom Street, Paddington Central, London, Greater London, W2 6BD, United Kingdom

Overview

Shop Circle operates as the group’s retail and commerce software division within Circeus, which acquires and evolves vertical software businesses that serve the everyday economy. Circeus centralizes AI engineering to build agents and skills once and deploy them across its portfolio, aiming to turn software into systems of action. The group says AI-enabled features now drive a double-digit share of net new bookings, customer experience automation has reached about 80% in several products, and AI-assisted workflows have improved developer productivity by more than 100%. Circeus serves more than 200,000 businesses worldwide and has completed 18 acquisitions over the past four years. The company says it is scaling profitably and plans further acquisitions while leveraging centralized AI, growth expertise, and back-office support for acquired brands and teams. Circeus operates from London, Milan, and Sarajevo.

Total raised
$405M
Funding rounds
7
Latest round
Debt Financing
Latest activity
Dec 2025

Industries

  • Agentic AI
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Apps
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Consumer Reviews
  • Developer Tools
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Enterprise Software
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Recent funding

  1. Debt Financing

    Dec 2025

    $100M

  2. Series B

    Sep 2025

    $60M

  3. Series B

    Feb 2025

    $60M

  4. Series A

    Sep 2023

    $120M

  5. Equity

    Jun 2022

    $65M

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